This feature allows you to create, manage, and share personalized lists of any title that can be found with Plex Discover or your Plex Media Server content that has been matched with the Plex Series and Plex Movie agents.

Your lists are currently available in these Plex apps.

• Plex for Mobile (iOS & Android) version 2026.4.1 and above
• Plex for Roku version 9.4.11 and above
• https://watch.plex.tv/watchlist/my-lists

List can be found alongside Watchlists via menu/button on the Home screen as well as in the My Lists row on your profile

Creating New Lists

Mobile

• From the My Lists view
• Click the + New List button
• Optionally name your list and add a description
• Choose the privacy settings
• Decide if it will be an unranked or ranked (numbered) list.
• Hit Create List

Click the title of the list on that lists page to edit either the title or description

 

Roku

• From My Lists view click on +Add New List
• Give the list a name and hit Done
• Choose the privacy settings
• Decide if it will be an unranked or ranked (numbered) list.
• Hit Create List

 

Adding/Removing Media to lists

Mobile

• From the contextual menu of a Media item, accessed by long pressing on the poster in the grid of items, on its details page, or search, choose Add to List then either:
• Click + Add New List to create a new list with that item to start
• You will see screens with creation options for your list.
• Check the box for each existing list you would like to add that media item to

Roku

• Use the star/asterisk button on remote when focused on an item to see the to get to the contextual menu for the item where you can +Add to List
• If on a Details page use the contextual button

Editing list media items

Mobile

• Edit list items by clicking the menu on the top right of the list and choose Edit List to go into edit mode
• Remove items by clicking on the red circle on the left of list items
• You can also swipe items left to remove from list from the regular list view
• Reorder list items by holding down the grab icon on the right side of the item for a moment and then drag it up or down to where you would like it
• Click Done if you are satisfied with the changes or Cancel to revert

You can also Duplicate a list and make changes to that one instead.

Roku

• Click on a list you would like to edit
• Start Editing by selecting the actions menu on the top right and choose Edit List
• In Edit mode an X will be on the the right of each item to remove
• Select an item then you will be able to move it up or down the list
• Click the Finish Editing button to complete edits

 

Privacy & Sharing Lists

Profile

As mentioned above your list can be found on your profile. Who can see your lists depends on your privacy settings for each individual list. There is no global privacy setting for all lists.

• Public: List can be set to be visible and shareable to anyone with the link
• Anyone signed into Plex: Only those signed into their Plex account will see the list
• Friends of Friends: Visible to friends of friends on Plex
• Friends Only: Visible only to those you are friends with on Plex
• Private: List will only be visible to you

Sharing Lists  (Mobile Only)

• You can create a link to share a list by using the context menu on the list itself or the activity feed.
• Who can open and view the list will still depend on your privacy settings.
• Others who can view your list can also share your list, but with who depends on your privacy settings.
• Those who can view the list will be able to duplicate it so they can start a similar list of their

Activity Feed

• A list creation activity will appear on the feed when at least one item is added to the list.
• Will follow the same privacy setting you set for the list itself.
• Can be removed like any activity but removing it will not delete the list itself
• Allows for others to comment or react to the list.

Moderation and Reporting Lists

Like Reviews, Avatars and other potentially public user generated content, Lists will have automated moderation and can be reported based on their title and/or description.

List Cannot be Published: If you see this message it means the list title or description is not following the community guidelines. Only you will be able to see the list regardless of the privacy settings. It may have been reported in which case it will go to moderation queue.

Related forum Announcement: https://forums.plex.tv/t/info-about-automated-moderation-of-text-avatars/898534

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How will Lists affect my existing playlists, collections, and my Watchlist?
A: They won’t. Lists is a new feature that simply offers you a new way to curate and organize movies, shows, and episodes. It won’t affect anything on your servers or on your existing lists (Playlists, Collections, or Watchlist). Refer to the above table for more details on how Lists fits into the existing list universe on Plex.

Q: What can be added to a List?
A: Only titles that are found on Plex and Discover can be added to a List. Learn more here: https://support.plex.tv/articles/universal-watchlist/

Q: Where is List data stored?
A: On Plex infrastructure/cloud.

Q: Where can I find List privacy settings?
A: Lists don’t have an overarching privacy setting. Rather, you can adjust the privacy/visibility setting of each individual list you create. Individual List settings follow existing Plex privacy settings and can be set when you create a list (at the top under List name and description). These individual list settings can be changed at any time.

Q: Where can I find other people’s Lists?
A: If you’re able to see others’ lists (dependent on the lists’ visibility settings), you will be able to see them on the Activity Feed if someone in your network has created a list. You can also find others’ lists by visiting their user profiles (under “Lists”).

Q: If I make my List public, where else is it visible?
A: Lists themselves are not searchable at the moment, so unless your public list is shared off-platform, it will only be visible to others on the Activity Feed and Profile pages on Plex.

Q: Can Managed Users create, view, share or have Lists shared to them?
A: At this time, Managed Users have no capabilities when it comes to Lists. This is a limitation that we would like to improve in the future.